Healthy World Digest December 2011

* Manuka honey for dryness and skin lines

* Dehydration leads to mood problems

* Chronic fatigue syndrome herbs

* Memory herb & supplements

* Concentration herb

* Great herbal home made shower gel

* Blocking carbs with white bean supplement

* Easy herbal remedy for stinky feet

* Miracle supplement for weight loss?

* Remedies to cleanse colon

* Exercise for more & better sex

* Clean the inside of your bag
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* Manuka honey for dryness and skin line

Just a little dab could help soften scaly skin and erase fine lines. Hope it doesn’t attract ants because that would be embarrassing.

* Dehydration leads to mood problems

A few months back, an item in The Telegraph addressed the issue of dehydration as a pervasive health problem. In particular it cited the effect dehydration has on our mental state.

No wonder since the brain uses water as a fuel or water helps the brain to use its fuel. Either way, all emotions are housed in the brain and so if the brain isn’t well fueled and hydrated, it should negatively effect thinking processes and emotions.

For article cited, click here

Click for our page on symptoms of dehydration and mood

* Chronic fatigue syndrome herbs

Recently completed a section on home remedies for chronic fatigue

It is quite difficult to advise on this issue as so many individual factors may be involved. Common sense advice could include finding the right balance of rest, eating patterns, exercise and using herbs for support. If there’s one herb that should be given a try it would be ginseng.

Take a good supplement, as directed. Be patient because ginseng will take some time to start to help. For more, visit our pages on…

Herbs for chronic fatigue (2)

Herbal remedies for chronic fatigue (3)

Another helpful page is on our Healthy Water site -> Chronic fatigue & dehydration

* Supplements & memory herbs

Supplemental lycopene and folic acid appear to improve memory.

You can take both nutrients as supplements or you can just get the lycopene from tomato products and folic acid from orange juice. You know, consume real foods, feel better, get healthier.

* Concentration herb

Hey a “two - for” here. The ginseng you use for memory helps concentration too, a fairly closely aligned ability. I guess that, along with fish, ginseng is a brain food too.

* Great herbal home made shower gel

This herbal shower gel is really terrific and makes me feel good. Also unlike the commercial ones, you wont get all of the unhealthy additives and you control exactly how strong final product is.

Just mix the following:

    1 c. shampoo or 1 cup castile soap

I strongly recommend organic castile soap.

    1/2 c water

Try and use freshly filtered water

    1-1/2 T. salt

Finely powdered sea salt would be preferable.

    12-15 drops of essential oil of your choice

I prefer peppermint oil

Note: the final product is not “jell-y.” More like the consistency of milk.

* Blocking carbs with white bean supplement

It’s pretty conclusive. Taking extract of white bean before meals helps block some carbohydrates from entering your system and therefore may help you lose weight.

Look, frankly I’m not in love with re-engineering how your body works. Normally, I wouldn’t want to fool with the body’s natural processes.

However, if you are having a hard time with weight and with indulging in carbs, this may be an effective, fairly safe strategy to help you out.

<b>* Easy herbal remedy for stinky feet</b>

Talk about doing double duty.

After you make yourself a cup of black tea. Leave a little tea in the bag, cool as needed, then use tea bag to wipe down feet especially the soles. Don’t dry off. Feet will dry clean. The tannins in the tea help control foot odor.

* Miracle supplement for weight loss?

Conjugated linoleum acid (CLA) has been shown to help takers lose 40 pounds of fat yearly. Take as directed and don’t indulge believing that the CLA will take care of it.

* Remedies to cleanse colon

In a nutshell, eat more fiber and drink lots of water. For me, working out, being in shape seems to assure healthy colon functioning. For more, visit the following pages.

Home remedies 4 colon cleanse (1)

Herbal remedies 4 colon cleanse (2)

Herbs 4 colon cleanse (3)

Colon cleansing herbs (4)

* Exercise for more & better sex

More sex. Better sex. Sex. Sex. Sex. Look, there are many reasons for this and I just don't want to get so gosh darn clinical but the big reason for the increased “satisfaction” has to do with blood flow so, exercise, and that's all I'm going to say about this. For now.

* Clean the inside of your bag

Sometimes it’s the little things. The obvious little things.

We all have our favorite book or sports bags, or a purse. I use my book bag to tote groceries home and sometimes to carry books and stuff.

Well, know this. Those same bags accumulate a cauldron of viruses, bacteria and germs. Not to mention smells.

Like other accoutrements, they need to be cleaned, washed, laundered to get rid of those pests. If made of cloth, they could be put in laundry or you could wipe with any decent cleaner, then air out.

tags: herbs chronic fatigue, memory supplements, weightloss supplement, sex exercise, dehydration mood problems

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